Is The Gettysburg Movie Accurate
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The movie Gettysburg directed and written by Ronald F. Maxwell, is a historical film based on the 1974 historical novel by Michael Shaara which won the Pulitzer Prize. The movie came out in 1993 and starred Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, and Stephen Lang. The movie takes place in 1863 and is about the Northern and Southern forces fighting at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War. The film is based on the novel “The Killer Angels”. It was released on October 8th, 1993. The film is full of factual information. Military Strategy and tactics for the union and confederate army are accurately depicted, and so are the command orders. Also, the motivation of both sides and the individual leadership are well shown. The location was at the Gettysburg National Military Park, and this was the actual land that the fighting took place on one hundred-fifty years ago, thus providing the audience with an accurate view of what the actual battlefield looked …show more content…
For example, I found that even though the battle scenes and techniques were accurate, that amount of blood and violence showed was not accurate due to the film being rated PG. There was way more during the real battle. The 20th Maine never was moved to the Union center on the third day. Another inaccuracy was that Pettigrew was shot in the breast in real life, not the finger which the movie shows. Longstreet was not with Lee when Stuart arrived during the second day of fighting. Originally the transfer and “mutiny” of the men took place six weeks before the battle at Gettysburg. Colonel Fremantle in the film was wearing a red uniform and forced to carry a cup of tea, this was put into the movie so that the viewers wouldn’t be confused. He actually in real life would have worn a dark blue uniform. One last inaccuracy found was that there were three Chamberlains at Gettysburg, not just two of them. The third Chamberlain was a
The movie Gettysburg directed and written by Ronald F. Maxwell, is a historical film based on the 1974 historical novel by Michael Shaara which won the Pulitzer Prize. The movie came out in 1993 and starred Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, and Stephen Lang. The movie takes place in 1863 and is about the Northern and Southern forces fighting at Gettysburg in the decisive battle of the American Civil War. The film is based on the novel “The Killer Angels”. It was released on October 8th, 1993. The film is full of factual information. Military Strategy and tactics for the union and confederate army are accurately depicted, and so are the command orders. Also, the motivation of both sides and the individual leadership are well shown. The location was at the Gettysburg National Military Park, and this was the actual land that the fighting took place on one hundred-fifty years ago, thus providing the audience with an accurate view of what the actual battlefield looked …show more content…
For example, I found that even though the battle scenes and techniques were accurate, that amount of blood and violence showed was not accurate due to the film being rated PG. There was way more during the real battle. The 20th Maine never was moved to the Union center on the third day. Another inaccuracy was that Pettigrew was shot in the breast in real life, not the finger which the movie shows. Longstreet was not with Lee when Stuart arrived during the second day of fighting. Originally the transfer and “mutiny” of the men took place six weeks before the battle at Gettysburg. Colonel Fremantle in the film was wearing a red uniform and forced to carry a cup of tea, this was put into the movie so that the viewers wouldn’t be confused. He actually in real life would have worn a dark blue uniform. One last inaccuracy found was that there were three Chamberlains at Gettysburg, not just two of them. The third Chamberlain was a